Ahh the Nisqually memories. I never started fishing it until April after the Puyallup closed. Not much of a boater back then, I liked best to bank drift fish above the powerhouse on the Fort Lewis side. No bobbers back then. Had to register with the Fort for access, and had to call into the range center to enter the East Gate entrance (No gate back then). If they were lobbing bombs you didn't get access. When CCL was generating the river would drop significantly between above McKenna at the diversion, and the powerhouse. In Fort Lewis, I would drive up along the river as far as you could and fish down on some great water when it was low. Was a pretty little apple orchard there. Also hiked and bank fished McKenna down. Floated from Combat City down to the Tank Crossing a few times but never liked the water below the powerhouse. I always wanted to, but never did float from Mckenna down to Combat City out of fear of a really bad stretch in the canyon. Heard if you didn't float with someone that knew it, to stay away. I remember often seeing a guy in a blue Lavro w/ curley blonde hair and his buddy floating it. I think he was a guide later? Anyway lots of brute nates around in April to C&R on. Miss those days. But can't take away the memories.